Sandbox verification guide
Verify us with the hotels you actually sell
We claim a price advantage you can check. This guide shows how: what to prepare, what to test, and how to judge the result — on the hotels you actually sell, not on our demo data.
Prepare your hotel list
List the destinations, stay dates, room types and room counts you buy most — ten to twenty lines are enough. This is what we use to provision your sandbox account and supplier scope.
- Destinations and dates you actually sell.
- Common room types and typical group size.
- Your current buying price for each line, wherever you have it.
Get your sandbox account in minutes
Submit the form on this page with your work email. The credentials email (portal address, login and initial password) usually arrives within two minutes, and the demo supplier set is already enabled on the account — your first search returns real prices. Submitting again with the same email resets the password and resends it.
- No sales call, no approval queue to start verifying.
- Demo suppliers (Hotelbeds, Dida, Yalago, Netstorming) pre-enabled.
- Same-email resubmit doubles as self-service recovery.
Call it from the portal or the CLI
In the browser, log into the portal with the emailed credentials and search your list directly. For CLI and agent integration, hbcli ships with a shared sandbox identity — one command, no registration, no credentials of your own. Want API credentials (appKey/appSecret) issued for your own sandbox account? Reply to the credentials email and we issue them.
- Zero-threshold try: hbcli mcp setup <client> --demo.
- Browser verification needs nothing beyond the emailed login.
- Own-account appKey/appSecret: reply to the credentials email.
Test the four things that matter
Run the same four checks on every line of your list, and write each result next to your current price for that line.
- Coverage: is the hotel there, is the mapping right?
- Price: compare with your current buying price — the spread and its source ride on each quote.
- Confirmation: place one real order and watch the two-phase state and the supplier reference.
- After-sales: change or cancel once, and check the evidence trail.
Decide on the comparison table
Every item ends as one row: our result, your current result, the difference. The buying decision runs on that table, not on our pitch.
- One sheet, four columns, all your hotels.
- Every number traceable back to a quote and its source.
- Proceed and keep the workspace; pass and discard it.
Questions buyers ask
Does the sandbox cost anything?
No. The evaluation sandbox is free. The subscription only enters the conversation after your verification passes.
Will anything touch my real bookings?
No. The sandbox is a separate account with separate data; test orders created during verification are cleaned up as agreed.
Do I need appKey/appSecret to try the CLI?
No. hbcli carries a built-in shared sandbox identity (--demo) that searches real inventory with zero setup. appKey/appSecret are only needed when you integrate with your own account — reply to your credentials email and we issue them.
How long does a verification take?
The account is ready in minutes. With your list ready, the verification itself usually takes one to two business days: coverage and prices on day one, confirmation and after-sales on day two.